Ekrem I. - Owner

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Essen, Germany

Experience

Jun 2023 - Present

2 years 3 months

Essen, Germany

Owner

Eco Systems - Your Partner in Solutions

Partnership negotiations with companies (currently 15 active partnerships)
Building a sales team to market the portfolio
Leading negotiations at C-level
Various services (expansion management, payment, delivery, website design, social media marketing, business coaching, trainee recruitment, event management, CRM marketing)
Scaling numbers and expanding the customer base
Acquisition, support, cross-selling to partners
Own app in development

Nov 2022 - May 2023

7 months

Germany

Field Sales Team Lead

Wolt Enterprise

Leading/developing a team of 11 sales reps
Recruiting, training, setting quarterly targets
Scaling numbers and organizing to meet goals
Expanding the region and negotiating with AAA customers
Marketing discussions for the NRW region

Apr 2021 - Nov 2022

1 year 8 months

Germany

City Manager and Sr. Business Developer

Satispay S.p.A.

Market launch in NRW, Nuremberg / expansion in Berlin
New customer management
Building sales team / developing sales team
Negotiations with retail & large retail
POS integration negotiations
Existing customer care
Project management
First sales member in NRW
Building a B2B base for the market launch
Marketing activities
Sales cycle A-Z, contracts, onboarding, problem solving
CRM systems (Pipedrive, Bitrix24, SF)
Communication tools (Slack, Teams, Zoom)

Apr 2019 - Mar 2021

2 years

Germany

Field Manager Sales

Lebara Ltd.

Supporting the implementation of measures to increase sales (230 dealers)
Leading annual reviews, quarterly agreements, bonus negotiations
Budget responsibility: €4,000 - €10,000/month
Employee development and support for shops, large retail (Expert, Euronics, Media Saturn)

Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

1 year 1 month

Germany

Field Manager Retail Sales

DO IT GmbH

B2B/B2C planning and organizing promoter deployments for Saturn & Media markets and full execution
MS Office applications and setting targets in agreement with large retail markets
Marketing design, marketing activities, sales coaching
Budget responsibility: €5,000 - €8,000/month
Social media marketing with revenue responsibility: approx. €1.3M/year
Procurement management

Jul 2017 - Feb 2018

8 months

Germany

National Sales Coach

Pact Sales GmbH

Negotiating partnerships with companies
Setting up a sales team to market the portfolio
Go-to-market strategy, scaling sales figures and expanding the customer base
Acquisition, support and cross-selling to partners
Social media

Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

10 months

Germany

Owner

Stehcafe

Selling goods and food
3 employees
Negotiating product deals, marketing, sales

Sep 2014 - Sep 2016

2 years 1 month

Wesel, Germany

Sales Manager

Media-Saturn

Managing 6 departments (mobile phones, brown goods accessories, photo, computer hardware, software, gaming)
Shift planning, budgeting, advertising planning, purchasing management
POS design and negotiating annual contracts with companies like Apple, Samsung, Canon, etc.
Budget responsibility: €2.8 million annually
Sales responsibility: €4.5 million annually

Nov 2011 - Sep 2014

2 years 11 months

Wesel, Germany

Head of Department

Media-Saturn

Managing 3 departments (photo, software, gaming)
Shift planning, budgeting, advertising planning, purchasing management
POS design and negotiating annual contracts with companies like EA, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, etc.

Aug 2009 - Nov 2011

2 years 4 months

Wesel, Germany

Retail Salesperson

Media-Saturn

Partially managed 3 departments (photo, software, computer)
Developed into a professional salesperson
Purchasing management for the photo & software department
Staff training, shift planning, promotional activities

Aug 2006 - Jul 2009

3 years

Wesel, Germany

Retail Sales Trainee

Media-Saturn

Assigned to the photo department focusing on cameras/video cameras
Selling products & services
Merchandise display, stock control, inventory, pricing

Dec 2004 - Jul 2006

1 year 8 months

Wesel, Germany

Sales Assistant

Media-Saturn

Sorting and shelving goods
Merchandise display, quality checks, processing customer orders

Summary

With over 20 years of cross-industry experience in retail and sales, and in negotiating partnerships with companies (currently 15 active partnerships), I help drive and establish projects successfully. Through my success mindset, I implement a solution for every challenge: scaling numbers and expanding the customer base, acquisition, support, cross-selling to partners. I have my own app in development